1264 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann. 35 



67 your younger brother. I think | that we'll say that our canoe upset, 

 and let us say that your younger brother | did not come u]) agam. 

 The reason why I say so is that we may | wet ourselves before we go 



70 ashore at the beach of our house." Thus she said. |1 Imniediately 

 they sprinkled their clothing with water, | so that it was all wet. 

 And after they had done so, they paddled | and went ashore on the 

 beach of their house. Immediately | they were met by their rela- 

 tives, and the relatives of the one who had been thrown into the sea. 

 Then the | bad woman was asked, "Where is your stepson?" Thus 



75 was said to her. || Immediately the bad woman replied, and | said, 

 "Our canoe upset, and I do not | know what became of my stepson, 

 for we just tried to save ourselves." | Thus she said. Then she was 

 asked what had become of the | carved box, for tliis was the only box 



80 among the Bellabella that had a name. || Therefore the Bellabella were 

 very much troubled about the I carved box. The bad woman said that | 

 the carved box had just drifted away. Then the Bellabella guessed | 

 that the bad woman had done harm to her stepson. | In the evening 



85 Chief LEg' ex and his second wife came back. || Immediately LEg' ex 

 was told what | they thought had been done by the bad woman to 

 her stepson. | Then Chief LEg' ex spoke, and said, "Let ] my son 

 keep together with his crest, the carved box. | Let the chiefs of the 



67 qEns ^nek'exg'Ens qEpaEns ya^yatslex. Wa, laLEns 'nex'LEqexs 

 hewaxae qlax^wide tsla^yax'da. Wa, hetoesEn lag'ila ^nek" qEns 

 k!iSnk!unqEle qEnso lal lag'alisL lax L'.Ema^isasEns g'okwa," ^nex'- 



70 ^lae. Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawise xos^itsa dEmsx'e ^wap laxes gwel- 

 gwala qa ^naxwes k'.tinqa. Wa, g"il^Em^lawise gwala lae sex^wida 

 qa^s la lag'ales lax L'.Ema^sases g-okwe. Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawise 

 lalalaso^ses LeLELala l6^ LeLELaliisa la ts'.Ex^stanos. Wa, la^lae 

 wuLasE^weda ^yax'sEme ts!Edaqa: "^wlnela xiingwawa," ^nex'so^lae. 



75 Wa, hex'^idaEm^lawise na^naxma^yeda ^yax'sEmets'.Edaqa. Wa, la- 

 ^lae ^nek'a: "QEpanu^x" ya^yats'.ex. Wa, ^walEla^mesEn k"!es 

 qla^staxEn xungux'da qaxg'Enu^x" a^mek' la q'.ulex's^Em la q!wa- 

 q'.Qla," ^nex'^lae. Wa, la^lae wttLasE^wa lax gwagwaagasasa 

 k'!awats!e g'tidasa, qaxs -uEmsgE^mae g"il Legad gildasa laxa 



80 Heldza^q". Wa, he^mis lag'ilas xEnLEla ^wilElqEleda Heldza- 

 ^qwaxakMawatslegildas. Wa,la^laeda ^yax'sEme ts!Edaq^nex*qexs 

 a^maa la ts'.ax^ideda k'!awats!e g'lldasa. Wa, laEm^lae k'5t!ededa 

 Heldza^qwaq laEm mSmas^ideda ^yax'SEme tslsdaqxes xunguxda. 

 Wa, la^mese dzaqwaxs g'axae na^nakwa g"igama^ye LEg'ex LE^wis 



85 allele gEUEma. Wa, hex'^ida^mese ts!Ek'!aPitsE^ve LEg'exe 3'Ises 

 k'odEle gwex-^idaatsa ^yax'SEme ts'.Edaq laxes xungux"da. Wa, 

 la^lae yaqlEg'a^ieda g'Tg^ma^ye LEg'exe. Wa, la^Iae ^nek'a: "Hag'a- 

 x'En xunokwa ^nEmalag"iLe LE^wis k"!es^aeda k"!awats!e g'ildasa. 



